Damage (1992 film)

Damage is a 1992 BritishFrench film directed by Louis Malle and starring Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Graves and Ian Bannen. Based on the novel Damage by Josephine Hart, the film is about a British politician Irons who shares a sexual relationship with his sons girlfriend and soon to be fiance. Miranda Richardson was nominated for an Academy Award and won a BAFTA in the category of Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the aggrieved wife of the films main character.

A short time later Martyn brings Anna with him when he briefly drops by his parents sumptuous home to introduce her to his family and reveals that they are romantically involved. The developing sexual tension between Stephen and Anna becomes increasingly clear at this brief meeting although Martyn and his mother seem oblivious to this. Despite her relationship with Martyn, Anna arranges a tryst with Stephen at her small London town house in Kynace Mews, South Kensington and soon they have a second almost animalistic sexual encounter there shortly after Martyn drops Anna off when the two of them had joined Stephen, Ingrid and Sally at a restaurant for dinner to celebrate Martyns being appointed deputy political editor at his Londonbased national newspaper.Stephens obsession with Anna deepens further and on a whim he leaves half way through a twoday European Parliament conference in Brussels to travel by train to Paris where Anna is spending the weekend with Martyn. While Martyn sleeps in their hotel room, Stephen and Anna have public sex in broad daylight in a churchs open doorway as the church bell peals in the background. Afterwards Stephen checks into a hotel across the street from Anna and Martyns, spying on the couple through his window. By then his infatuation has reached a point where he desires to be with Anna permanently, even at the risk of destroying his relationship with his son and family. In a meeting in a London park, however, Anna dissuades Stephen from doing this, assuring him that as long as she is with Martyn he will always have access to her. ........

Source: Wikipedia